<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 03:52:45 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@mcgozer/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[A funny story about Basic Income]]></title><description><![CDATA[I know a guy who likes fables to illustrate the Guaranteed Basic Income. I thought I'd give it a try. I have a small circle of friends, there are 9 of us, who each have $100. The problem is we really want]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/basicincome/@mcgozer/a-funny-story-about-basic-income</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/basicincome/@mcgozer/a-funny-story-about-basic-income</guid><category><![CDATA[basicincome]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mcgozer]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 12 Aug 2017 11:23:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guaranteed Basic Income is socialism, and socialism kills.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Socialism is slavery, it takes by force from one to give to another. Under socialism you don't own yourself nor anything you produce. You become a commodity owned by the government. When a socialist government]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/basicincome/@mcgozer/guaranteed-basic-income-is-socialism-and-socialism-kills</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/basicincome/@mcgozer/guaranteed-basic-income-is-socialism-and-socialism-kills</guid><category><![CDATA[basicincome]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mcgozer]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 10 Aug 2017 22:30:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/ChYr1cJZCH5MCAy3RJLzdaUfAradUD6Ky3UVSyaC5Bm1GgC2bsyK3VF7TGVy1EErAkN9afgJVQbFanxdJxm3rTPipFCHiLhJLtUp6hPvtKSWxgcSBMUf36xzVScPWf5sk5jL6JSwPgjiRdPKN33fazB79pXFW1scPqKdkFqQEhJiyv5CpuQyyQ4rvvtnuc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here's your chance to put your money where your heart is, literally. Go ahead and do it!]]></title><description><![CDATA[A purely voluntary basic income association. Why haven't you joined?]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/basicincome/@mcgozer/here-s-your-chance-to-put-your-money-where-your-heart-is-literally-go-ahead-and-do-it</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/basicincome/@mcgozer/here-s-your-chance-to-put-your-money-where-your-heart-is-literally-go-ahead-and-do-it</guid><category><![CDATA[basicincome]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mcgozer]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 09 Aug 2017 22:51:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Free Market “Universal Basic Income” by Jonathan Roseland]]></title><description><![CDATA[He nails it.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/basicincome/@mcgozer/free-market-universal-basic-income-by-jonathan-roseland</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/basicincome/@mcgozer/free-market-universal-basic-income-by-jonathan-roseland</guid><category><![CDATA[basicincome]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mcgozer]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 09 Aug 2017 22:43:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Basic Income is a sham]]></title><description><![CDATA[The grandfather of basic income is Karl Marx, he described it as from each according to their ability to each according to their need. That is from the Communist Manifesto, but the proponents of this idea]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/basicincome/@mcgozer/basic-income-is-a-sham</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/basicincome/@mcgozer/basic-income-is-a-sham</guid><category><![CDATA[basicincome]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mcgozer]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 09 Aug 2017 11:44:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The nature of secrecy is to remain secret]]></title><description><![CDATA[For some time now we have been watching news stories about government corruption that have as central items of interest technology pieces; email, computer hard drives, etc. People investigating these acts]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@mcgozer/the-nature-of-secrecy-is-to-remain-secret</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@mcgozer/the-nature-of-secrecy-is-to-remain-secret</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mcgozer]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 28 Jul 2017 11:48:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The conservation of energy is only a local phenomenon]]></title><description><![CDATA[When a galaxy at the edge of the observable universe crosses the horizon into that part of the universe forever beyond our reach due to expansion all of its matter and energy is lost to us forever. We]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/science/@mcgozer/the-conservation-of-energy-is-only-a-local-phenomenon</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/science/@mcgozer/the-conservation-of-energy-is-only-a-local-phenomenon</guid><category><![CDATA[science]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mcgozer]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 23 Jul 2017 14:39:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[No 5th amendment for tyrants]]></title><description><![CDATA[The 5th amendment was meant to serve the people as a protection against tyranny. It should not be available to the tyrants when they are brought before the people for justice. Whether its Loretta Lynch,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@mcgozer/no-5th-amendment-for-tyrants</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@mcgozer/no-5th-amendment-for-tyrants</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mcgozer]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 23 Jul 2017 13:55:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Constitution of the United States of America]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Constitution of the United States of America is the blueprint for our federal government. It contains all the authority granted to the federal government by the States. It is often considered as a]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@mcgozer/the-constitution-of-the-united-states-of-america</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@mcgozer/the-constitution-of-the-united-states-of-america</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mcgozer]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jul 2017 02:04:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Introductions?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hi, I'm mcgozer and I'm a junkie. Not a drug abuser, but an internet junkie. I met my wife on the internet. I do most of my conversing on the internet. I argue here, I learn here, find entertainment here,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/introducemyself/@mcgozer/introductions</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/introducemyself/@mcgozer/introductions</guid><category><![CDATA[introducemyself]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mcgozer]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 15 Jul 2017 15:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[World Golf Tour - the online game]]></title><description><![CDATA[Well, I did a search and it appears nobody has contributed much, if anything, on this topic. That might be because there isn't much to say, I suppose, but if there is a community of players here we could]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/wgt/@mcgozer/world-golf-tour-the-online-game</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/wgt/@mcgozer/world-golf-tour-the-online-game</guid><category><![CDATA[wgt]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mcgozer]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2017 20:57:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Too much secrecy, too many protected criminals.]]></title><description><![CDATA[I think what I've learned watching the variety of investigations going on in our government these days is that the real crime being investigated is whether the citizenry was improperly exposed to the truth.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@mcgozer/too-much-secrecy-too-many-protected-criminals</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@mcgozer/too-much-secrecy-too-many-protected-criminals</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mcgozer]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2017 18:41:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why interview a guest if you don't want their opinion?]]></title><description><![CDATA[I get so tired of "news" hosts interrupting their guests when they don't give the answer the host was hoping to hear. If you ask the question, allow them to answer. Its the guest we want to hear,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/news/@mcgozer/why-interview-a-guest-if-you-don-t-want-their-opinion</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/news/@mcgozer/why-interview-a-guest-if-you-don-t-want-their-opinion</guid><category><![CDATA[news]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mcgozer]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2017 18:32:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Liberty, freedom of speech, and professional golf]]></title><description><![CDATA[You know, I think my record speaks for itself. I am an advocate for freedom, liberty, individual rights, etc. However, I think I would be in favor of a law allowing the public beating of any person at]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/golf/@mcgozer/liberty-freedom-of-speech-and-professional-golf</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/golf/@mcgozer/liberty-freedom-of-speech-and-professional-golf</guid><category><![CDATA[golf]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mcgozer]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2017 18:25:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Say what you mean, mean what you say, and stop being afraid to offend]]></title><description><![CDATA[The requirement to qualify every statement with disclaimers is one of the characteristics of political correctness that squelches free exchange of ideas. The charge that a non-qualified statement insults]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@mcgozer/say-what-you-mean-mean-what-you-say-and-stop-being-afraid-to-offend</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@mcgozer/say-what-you-mean-mean-what-you-say-and-stop-being-afraid-to-offend</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mcgozer]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2017 12:14:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Professional criminal cronies in our government]]></title><description><![CDATA[So I was reading and responding to a post about a Judge who placed an illegal gag order on the participants in a trial after the trial had concluded. Its an illegal, unconstitutional order. My response]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@mcgozer/professional-criminal-cronies-in-our-government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@mcgozer/professional-criminal-cronies-in-our-government</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mcgozer]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2017 12:07:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Voting integrity shouldn't be that hard]]></title><description><![CDATA[While we're on the subject... Why are our elections run in such a way that the Russians (or anyone, for that matter) could hack them if they wanted to? Every electronic voting machine should print a removable]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@mcgozer/voting-integrity-shouldn-t-be-that-hard</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@mcgozer/voting-integrity-shouldn-t-be-that-hard</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mcgozer]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2017 12:02:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The frustration of watching politics today]]></title><description><![CDATA[I often wonder why it seems so many people don't care, or don't know just how corrupt our system has become. They don't appear to be concerned at all about the danger we all face by allowing the corruption]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@mcgozer/the-frustration-of-watching-politics-today</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@mcgozer/the-frustration-of-watching-politics-today</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mcgozer]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2017 11:57:18 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>